Pipe fitting contractors · New York

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal

Long Island City, NY · ~192 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
7.2
Avg TCR
2.8
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal runs at 257% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Pipe fitting contractors workplace, earning a grade F.

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal: 7.2 TCR = 257% of Pipe fitting contractors BLS 2.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal safety composite

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 51% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 10%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

24/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 7.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 20% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.98 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−0.4

2016→2017

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal injury rate improved

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal's TCR fell 0.4 from 7.4 in 2016 to 7.0 in 2017. Peak filing year was 2016 at 7.4 TCR. In 2017, DART was 0.97× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=7.4 · 2017=7.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 238220 · Long Island City, NY ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 7.2 · 257% of ind

  • DART 7.0 DART
  • RANK #247/297
  • PHOTO D&R Custom Welding a…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 26 inj
  • SIZE ~192 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. (0.0 TCR gap)

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VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal averages 7.2 TCR (257% of the Pipe fitting contractors BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal TCR series: 2016=7.4 · 2017=7 · BLS 2.8

Where VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal falls in its industry

5,793 Pipe fitting contractors establishments

Safer than 20% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.3.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to New York alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #247 safest of 297 Pipe fitting contractors employers in New York.

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal (192 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal
VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal (192 employees, TCR 7.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 60 employees and a TCR of 3.3

VIVID Mechanical Piping and Sheet Metal has more employees than the Pipe fitting contractors median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.3. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2017 7.0 7.0 13 0 0
2016 7.4 6.3 13 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

238220 · NY · Long Island City

5,793 Pipe fitting contractors employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 21,008 rated employers in New York with headcount on file · 160 employers in Long Island City, NY · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR D&R Custom Welding and Construction, Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Tucson Plumbing and Heating Inc. 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR SMJK,LLC D/B/A Carolina Air 7.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BRISTER STEPHENS INC. ( MANDEVILLE ) 7.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Otis Elevator Company-Unitec Ver-Tech 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE Treehouse Foods - Associated Brands - Medina, NY 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE 2967-NY83 192 FTE
STATE-SIZE Emedco 192 FTE
CITY-NEAR Collins Building Services 3,480 FTE
CITY-NEAR Long Island City Facility 2,244 FTE
CITY-NEAR New York City Department of Design & Construction 1,034 FTE
CITY-NEAR E-J Electric Installation Co. 1,006 FTE
NAT-TCR Roadrunner Drywall Nevada 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Obetz (Ohcol) 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Saginaw (Misgi) 7.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Selvage Plumbing 7.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE Federal Mogul Motorparts - Boaz 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE Hackleburg 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE TriMet Elmonica Operations Facility 192 FTE
NAT-SIZE Carlisle Hib (Pacas) 192 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.